Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] herself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't be ungrateful , ’ said Caroline , who was a bit above herself at the best of times . |
| 2 | Charity had a look at herself in the mirror and sighed . |
| 3 | Chasseguet-Smirgel ( 1985 ) suggests that a woman 's ego-ideal is constructed first by identification with the mother , and only then by a redefinition of herself as the father 's wife . |
| 4 | The following morning , after breakfast , a bruised Clare cut a photograph of herself from the local newspaper ; luckily , her face was totally obscured by the banner , which had wrapped itself around her like a winding sheet . |
| 5 | It was a full minute before she realised that she was looking at a reflection of herself in the polished metal shield that Simon had propped against a tree to protect her from any stray arrows . |
| 6 | While she stood staring at it , breathing heavily and conscious that if anyone had made a fool of herself during the past few minutes it was Melissa Craig , the phone began to ring again . |
| 7 | Fleur had encouraged Dana in her ambition to become a model , and she had lived to see her daughter carve a place for herself in the fashion world . |
| 8 | But when Jasmine was born they put Joan in a room by herself at the hospital so she could n't see other fathers cuddling their first-born as Bobby would have done . |
| 9 | Hairflair interviewed the Edinburgh lass who is cutting a name for herself at the Charlie Miller salon . |
| 10 | HIGHBROOK , a horse tipped to make a name for herself at the winter game , catches the eye tomorrow as Flat racing grabs the attention for the last time this year . |
| 11 | She sat up , splashing her face with water , catching a glimpse of herself in the steam-clouded mirror . |
| 12 | As she turned away , she caught a glimpse of herself in the bedroom mirror , and paused to take a longer , critical look . |
| 13 | She longed to cry , to dissolve the hard knot of tears that was inside her but pride would not allow her to make a show of herself in the street . |
| 14 | He watched with the direst of misgivings as Cleo began slapping a path for herself through the wilderness ahead . |